Microservices Job Trends

Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 16 December 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
16 Dec 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 118 84 54
Rank change year-on-year -34 -30 -14
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,171 1,887 2,449
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 2.00% 3.29% 5.00%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.40% 3.70% 5.33%
Number of salaries quoted 799 1,072 1,891
10th Percentile £52,500 £46,250 £50,000
25th Percentile £61,250 £55,000 £57,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £77,500 £70,000 £75,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.71% -6.67% -3.23%
75th Percentile £96,250 £90,000 £90,375
90th Percentile £122,500 £112,500 £111,250
UK excluding London median annual salary £70,000 £65,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year +7.69% -7.14% +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 48,781 51,056 45,908
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 83.30% 89.04% 93.74%
Number of salaries quoted 28,561 26,014 35,209
10th Percentile £28,500 £35,000 £32,074
25th Percentile £36,250 £45,000 £43,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% - -1.93%
75th Percentile £75,000 £80,000 £80,000
90th Percentile £95,000 £100,000 £100,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £48,924 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year -11.05% +4.76% -2.51%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 16 December 2025.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 16 December 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -27 1,091 £77,500 +10.71% 706
London +3 611 £85,000 - 299
UK excluding London -74 505 £70,000 +7.69% 499
Work from Home -18 503 £75,000 +11.11% 513
North of England -23 217 £70,000 +14.37% 138
North West -9 121 £70,000 +12.00% 76
South East -93 104 £70,000 +3.70% 139
Yorkshire -25 81 £75,000 +22.54% 43
Midlands -14 64 £72,500 +11.54% 69
South West -49 53 £62,500 - 62
West Midlands 0 35 £70,000 +7.69% 40
Scotland -56 33 £64,500 -7.86% 36
East of England -24 29 £77,500 +29.17% 45
East Midlands -19 27 £76,750 +18.08% 28
North East -13 15 £52,600 +0.19% 19
Wales -14 5 £55,200 +10.40% 15
Northern Ireland -14 2 - - 4
Channel Islands - 1 £90,000 -

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 32 (2.73%) Apache Airflow
2 25 (2.13%) Confluence
3 24 (2.05%) Apache
4 23 (1.96%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 22 (1.88%) Apache Spark
6 13 (1.11%) OpenStack
7 11 (0.94%) CMS
8 10 (0.85%) Appian
8 10 (0.85%) JBoss
9 8 (0.68%) nginx
10 7 (0.60%) IIS
10 7 (0.60%) WebSphere
11 5 (0.43%) Apache Pulsar
12 3 (0.26%) Oracle Workflow
13 2 (0.17%) Tomcat
14 1 (0.085%) ArcGIS
14 1 (0.085%) ColdFusion
14 1 (0.085%) Liferay
14 1 (0.085%) NServiceBus
14 1 (0.085%) SharePoint
Applications
1 22 (1.88%) Maya
2 13 (1.11%) MS Visio
3 11 (0.94%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 4 (0.34%) PlantUML
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Excel
5 3 (0.26%) Microsoft Office
6 2 (0.17%) Adobe XD
Business Applications
1 16 (1.37%) Oracle ERP
2 9 (0.77%) Endur
2 9 (0.77%) SAP FS
3 8 (0.68%) Dynamics CRM
4 7 (0.60%) SAP S/4HANA
5 5 (0.43%) Payment Gateway
6 3 (0.26%) Shopify
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Payables
7 2 (0.17%) Oracle Receivables
8 1 (0.085%) Actimize
8 1 (0.085%) Bloomberg AIM
8 1 (0.085%) Distributed Ledger
8 1 (0.085%) Dynamics NAV
8 1 (0.085%) Fidessa
8 1 (0.085%) Quorum
8 1 (0.085%) R3 Corda
8 1 (0.085%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 618 (52.78%) AWS
2 564 (48.16%) Azure
3 194 (16.57%) GCP
4 189 (16.14%) Serverless
5 158 (13.49%) SaaS
6 126 (10.76%) Azure DevOps
7 122 (10.42%) GitHub
8 80 (6.83%) Amazon EKS
9 76 (6.49%) Amazon S3
10 69 (5.89%) AWS Lambda
11 68 (5.81%) Amazon ECS
12 62 (5.29%) PaaS
13 55 (4.70%) GitHub Actions
14 47 (4.01%) Amazon SQS
15 45 (3.84%) AWS CloudFormation
16 41 (3.50%) IaaS
17 38 (3.25%) Power Platform
18 37 (3.16%) Amazon EC2
18 37 (3.16%) Azure Service Bus
19 33 (2.82%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 10 (0.85%) HTTP
1 10 (0.85%) Network Security
2 8 (0.68%) AMQP
3 4 (0.34%) Internet
3 4 (0.34%) WAN
4 3 (0.26%) Broadband
4 3 (0.26%) Multicast
5 2 (0.17%) Firewall
5 2 (0.17%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.17%) LAN
5 2 (0.17%) SNMP
5 2 (0.17%) SSL
6 1 (0.085%) MQTT
6 1 (0.085%) TCAP
6 1 (0.085%) Value-Added Service
Database & Business Intelligence
1 167 (14.26%) NoSQL
2 166 (14.18%) PostgreSQL
3 147 (12.55%) MongoDB
4 139 (11.87%) SQL Server
5 64 (5.47%) Relational Database
6 60 (5.12%) DynamoDB
7 54 (4.61%) MySQL
8 44 (3.76%) Azure SQL Database
9 41 (3.50%) Elasticsearch
10 30 (2.56%) Redis
11 27 (2.31%) Data Warehouse
12 23 (1.96%) Big Data
12 23 (1.96%) RDBMS
13 22 (1.88%) Power BI
14 16 (1.37%) Tableau
15 15 (1.28%) Amazon RDS
16 14 (1.20%) Data Lake
16 14 (1.20%) DB2
17 11 (0.94%) BigQuery
18 9 (0.77%) Pinecone
Development Applications
1 165 (14.09%) Git
2 124 (10.59%) Jenkins
3 58 (4.95%) JIRA
4 48 (4.10%) GitLab
5 44 (3.76%) JUnit
6 42 (3.59%) Selenium
7 35 (2.99%) Cucumber
8 29 (2.48%) JMeter
9 27 (2.31%) Mockito
9 27 (2.31%) TeamCity
10 20 (1.71%) Bitbucket
10 20 (1.71%) Cypress.io
11 16 (1.37%) Oracle Forms
12 12 (1.02%) CircleCI
12 12 (1.02%) Maven
13 10 (0.85%) Octopus Deploy
14 9 (0.77%) Postman
15 8 (0.68%) git-flow
15 8 (0.68%) LoadRunner
15 8 (0.68%) SonarQube
General
1 343 (29.29%) Social Skills
2 329 (28.10%) Finance
3 110 (9.39%) Banking
4 106 (9.05%) Analytical Skills
5 105 (8.97%) Law
6 71 (6.06%) Public Sector
7 60 (5.12%) Retail
8 47 (4.01%) Games
9 45 (3.84%) Financial Institution
10 32 (2.73%) Marketing
10 32 (2.73%) Telecoms
11 31 (2.65%) French Language
11 31 (2.65%) Inclusion and Diversity
12 30 (2.56%) Dutch Language
12 30 (2.56%) Influencing Skills
13 29 (2.48%) Billing
14 27 (2.31%) Back Office
15 23 (1.96%) Legal
16 20 (1.71%) Presentation Skills
17 16 (1.37%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 399 (34.07%) Developer
2 261 (22.29%) Senior
3 240 (20.50%) Architect
4 194 (16.57%) Software Engineer
5 181 (15.46%) Lead
6 119 (10.16%) Solutions Architect
7 103 (8.80%) Java Developer
8 98 (8.37%) .NET Developer
9 83 (7.09%) Full-Stack Developer
10 82 (7.00%) Senior Developer
11 62 (5.29%) Senior Software Engineer
12 59 (5.04%) Java Engineer
13 58 (4.95%) Lead Developer
14 51 (4.36%) Software Developer
15 46 (3.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
16 40 (3.42%) Cloud Engineer
16 40 (3.42%) Full-Stack Java Developer
16 40 (3.42%) Lead Architect
17 36 (3.07%) Java Software Engineer
18 35 (2.99%) Senior Architect
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 306 (26.13%) .NET
2 277 (23.65%) React
3 245 (20.92%) RESTful
4 198 (16.91%) Spring
5 196 (16.74%) REST
6 180 (15.37%) Kafka
7 173 (14.77%) Spring Boot
8 140 (11.96%) Node.js
9 137 (11.70%) AngularJS
10 123 (10.50%) .NET Core
11 103 (8.80%) HTML
12 75 (6.40%) .NET Framework
13 72 (6.15%) CSS
14 70 (5.98%) ASP.NET
15 65 (5.55%) ASP.NET Web API
16 58 (4.95%) RabbitMQ
17 56 (4.78%) Entity Framework
18 54 (4.61%) Hibernate
19 53 (4.53%) Middleware
20 52 (4.44%) Vue
Miscellaneous
1 306 (26.13%) Cloud Native
2 175 (14.94%) Distributed Systems
3 123 (10.50%) Enterprise Software
4 97 (8.28%) Product Ownership
5 52 (4.44%) Legacy Systems
6 51 (4.36%) Greenfield Project
7 32 (2.73%) Data Structures
8 31 (2.65%) Virtual Team
9 30 (2.56%) Self-Motivation
10 27 (2.31%) Algorithms
11 25 (2.13%) Distributed Architecture
12 24 (2.05%) AI Agents
13 23 (1.96%) Blockchain
13 23 (1.96%) Onboarding
14 18 (1.54%) Public Cloud
15 17 (1.45%) IoT
15 17 (1.45%) Low-Code
15 17 (1.45%) Mobile App
16 15 (1.28%) Management Information System
17 13 (1.11%) Data Protection Act
Operating Systems
1 55 (4.70%) Linux
2 27 (2.31%) Windows
3 21 (1.79%) Android
4 11 (0.94%) Apple iOS
5 4 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 2 (0.17%) CentOS
6 2 (0.17%) Debian
6 2 (0.17%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.17%) Ubuntu
6 2 (0.17%) Unix
6 2 (0.17%) VMS
7 1 (0.085%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 606 (51.75%) Agile
2 536 (45.77%) CI/CD
3 498 (42.53%) DevOps
4 359 (30.66%) Software Engineering
5 270 (23.06%) Full-Stack Development
6 262 (22.37%) Containerisation
7 252 (21.52%) AI
8 239 (20.41%) Mentoring
9 231 (19.73%) Problem-Solving
10 205 (17.51%) Event-Driven
11 192 (16.40%) Continuous Improvement
12 175 (14.94%) Computer Science
13 167 (14.26%) Roadmaps
14 163 (13.92%) TDD
15 154 (13.15%) Scrum
16 151 (12.89%) Test Automation
17 141 (12.04%) Technical Leadership
18 137 (11.70%) Clean Code
19 131 (11.19%) SDLC
20 119 (10.16%) Architectural Patterns
Programming Languages
1 390 (33.30%) Java
2 303 (25.88%) C#
3 292 (24.94%) Python
4 279 (23.83%) SQL
5 263 (22.46%) JavaScript
6 202 (17.25%) TypeScript
7 61 (5.21%) Go
8 37 (3.16%) Shell Script
9 26 (2.22%) PL/SQL
10 23 (1.96%) C++
11 21 (1.79%) PHP
12 18 (1.54%) C
13 17 (1.45%) Bash
13 17 (1.45%) PowerShell
14 15 (1.28%) Ruby
15 14 (1.20%) Kotlin
15 14 (1.20%) Rust
16 7 (0.60%) Bicep
17 6 (0.51%) Delphi
17 6 (0.51%) Scala
Qualifications
1 207 (17.68%) Degree
2 129 (11.02%) Computer Science Degree
3 94 (8.03%) Security Cleared
4 69 (5.89%) SC Cleared
5 66 (5.64%) AWS Certification
6 60 (5.12%) Master's Degree
7 42 (3.59%) TOGAF Certification
8 39 (3.33%) Azure Certification
9 36 (3.07%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
10 26 (2.22%) Microsoft Certification
11 14 (1.20%) AWS Certified Developer
12 13 (1.11%) DV Cleared
13 9 (0.77%) PMI Certification
13 9 (0.77%) PMP
14 6 (0.51%) BPSS Clearance
14 6 (0.51%) CISM
14 6 (0.51%) CISSP
15 5 (0.43%) ISTQB
16 4 (0.34%) Cisco Certification
17 3 (0.26%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 91 (7.77%) QA
2 24 (2.05%) Accessibility
2 24 (2.05%) GDPR
3 16 (1.37%) PCI DSS
4 11 (0.94%) IFRS
4 11 (0.94%) SLA
5 10 (0.85%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 9 (0.77%) IFRS 17
6 9 (0.77%) Solvency II
7 8 (0.68%) Data Quality
7 8 (0.68%) EMIR
7 8 (0.68%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 8 (0.68%) NIST
8 4 (0.34%) HIPAA
8 4 (0.34%) NCSC
8 4 (0.34%) WCAG
9 3 (0.26%) SEPA
10 2 (0.17%) Actionable Recommendations
10 2 (0.17%) PSD2
10 2 (0.17%) SOC 2
System Software
1 364 (31.08%) Docker
2 15 (1.28%) Active Directory
3 9 (0.77%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.17%) Firmware
4 2 (0.17%) Terminal Server
4 2 (0.17%) VMware NSX
4 2 (0.17%) vSphere
5 1 (0.085%) HDFS
5 1 (0.085%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 348 (29.72%) Kubernetes
2 167 (14.26%) Terraform
3 44 (3.76%) Grafana
4 41 (3.50%) Ansible
5 27 (2.31%) Kibana
6 18 (1.54%) Prometheus
7 17 (1.45%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (1.11%) Argo
9 4 (0.34%) HP Fortify
9 4 (0.34%) Kubeflow
9 4 (0.34%) Progress Chef
9 4 (0.34%) Puppet
10 3 (0.26%) Istio
11 2 (0.17%) Nagios
11 2 (0.17%) Rancher
12 1 (0.085%) Kustomize
Vendors
1 189 (16.14%) Microsoft
2 64 (5.47%) Oracle
3 31 (2.65%) Guidewire
4 27 (2.31%) Salesforce
5 26 (2.22%) SAP
6 25 (2.13%) Google
7 23 (1.96%) Splunk
8 22 (1.88%) Dynatrace
9 19 (1.62%) OpenAI
10 18 (1.54%) BiZZdesign
11 14 (1.20%) MuleSoft
12 13 (1.11%) CrowdStrike
13 12 (1.02%) Duck Creek
14 11 (0.94%) Atlassian
14 11 (0.94%) IBM
15 10 (0.85%) Fortinet
15 10 (0.85%) Palo Alto
15 10 (0.85%) ServiceNow
16 9 (0.77%) Software AG
17 8 (0.68%) Red Hat